http://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/for-many-americans-mx-their-second-home/?utm_source=Mexico+News+Daily&utm_campaign=46bf8bf987-March+7&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f1536a3787-46bf8bf987-349460473

http://www.yucatanliving.com/calendar/tour-la-plancha/

While you are visiting Merida Yucatan Mexico, check out and stay at Los Arcos bed and breakfast.

www.losarcosmerida.com

David the inn keeper will see that you have the best time of your life….check out the article in the New York Times….at the bottom.

http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/travel/36-hours-in-merida-mexico.html?src=tp&smid=fb-share&_r=0

I got up early this morning and headed outside of the city limits to Merida’s yearly state fair, Xmatkuil. I love going to the state fair here in the Yucatan, it reminds me of the fairs when I was young. It is like stepping back in time. I hope you will enjoy these photos as much as I did taking them for you. The different smell, taste. The candied pecans were out of this world. I love the Mexican pottery and seem to find away to buy another pot each year for my kitchen. If you have never cooked in a clay pot, you are missing out. The cows and bulls are one of the main highlight of the fair each year. Sometimes a bull or cow is all that a family may own, and to be able to have it shown in the state fair is a really big deal. But what I want you to notice the most is the colors…it is a feast for your eyes…colors everywhere. In the candy, the clothes and hand made crafts. Mexico is a country of bright colors and no place better to see that than at the state fair.

That moment of excitement
Blood rushes through your body
Muscle tense
Breathing in deep anticipation

Hand tired and sore
Dirt ground deep into your pores
Scratches and cuts
Sweat beading on your forehead

Frightened and afraid
Praying no one will see
Holding on
Intense excitement

A world seen far away
A time to conquer a new territory
Peers look in unbelief
To be free

The one moment
All young boy dream of
The passage of youth
Climbing trees.

Frighten, alone and sadden
We pass from one moment to the next
Longing for understanding
Hoping for acceptance

Hidden deep within the child
A voice yearning to be heard
Look at me, I am here
Do you not see me?

Alone even in a crowd
Locked deep within a dark prison
We wait for that moment to escape
Does anyone care?

For a child the world is a vast void
Not knowing what lies ahead
Even their own backyard
A jungle to navigate.

Like that child we too
Can be lost in our own world
With just a few kind words
The world is alive again.

Come join our moment in time
Let us make the darkness vanish
A kind word, a smile
Reach out your hand….

This is one good source of information for living or visiting Merida Yucatan Mexico. Take a few moments to read all about one of Mexico’s best cities. We here at Merida Yucatan Properties are listed in this book and are here and willing to make you trip to the Yucatan the best ever. See our website at www.meridayucatanproperties.com.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO READ THIS BOOK

http://www.meridabedandbreakfast.org/livinginmerida.html

 

 

THIS WAS COPIED RIGHT FROM THE BOOK…

This is not to say that there are no American real estate companies in Mérida that I would recommend, or who have demonstrated their professionalism and integrity.  Jim Mann of Mérida Yucatán Properties is one agent whose praise many people continue to sing.  (For the sake of full disclosure, Jim Mann was not the agent who sold us our Bed & Breakfast, and neither I nor my partner have bought or sold real estate properties through Mérida Yucatán Properties.)  Of the real estate agencies in Mérida founded and run by Americans, Mérida Yucatán Properties is the one that, to my knowledge, has the highest customer satisfaction, and it is the one that has tried to “rationalize” the market by pointing out that in 2011, the U.S. dollar continues to fluctuate against the Mexican peso in an unpredictable way, and that the market in Mérida is still recovering from the Global Recession.  But remember, like Jim Mann there are scores of reputable, honest and ethical realtors in Mérida, American and Yucatecan alike, who will look out for you and your interests.